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Jared's Pepper-grass (Lepidium jaredii)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Brassicaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 134373
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Jared's Pepper-grass (Lepidium jaredii) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Jared's Pepper-grass can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Jared's Pepper-grass (Lepidium jaredii)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 3 accessions of Lepidium jaredii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 83402 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Lepidium jaredii from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Lepidium jaredii
Authority Brandegee
Family Brassicaceae
CPC Number 9478
ITIS 22966
USDA LEJA
Duration Annual
Common Names Jared's pepperweed
Associated Scientific Names Lepidium jaredii | Lepidium jaredii subsp. album | Lepidium jaredii ssp. jaredii
Distribution
State Rank
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California SNR
Ecological Relationships

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